The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

desks furniture, etc, to Indianapolis on the 18th
of this month. The new building which they
are to occupy is rapidly approaching completion,
and is q credit 10 the company and an ornament
TO the city.
The stockholders of the Louisville, Cincinnati
& DAYTON railroad yesterday elected the follow
ing directors: Geo. A. Evans, Austin Gallagher,
York: j. r. Helm, j. r. McCracken ]. c. Faw-
cett Louisville; G. A. Korbly, Madison; Charles
e. Golay, Vevay.
w W. Wooden leaves for Boston this evening
to take dispositions from General Corse and 9TH
ers whofare conversant with the history of the
Toledo Cincinnati & St Louis road, their testi-
mony to be used in the litigation recently
sprung on the old company, calling for q receiv-
er for a portion of the road.
In October, this year, the c., l., ST. L. & c.
carried 20 per cent more tonnage thar in the
corresponding month 1856, yet . slight decrease
in earnings was shown every week in the month
All of which IS attributable to the reduction
made in freight rates to comply with the pro-
visions OF the interstate law.
It lis stated tina. the s4oO 900 that the Ives-Stay
nor syndicate advanced on the Cincinnati, Wa
bash & Michigan deal has been expended in i'm
proving the road-bed. Consequently the Wade
party. which has had to take the road back.
have no reason to regret that the young fnancier
made the drive for the property that he did.
Round-trip tickets to Jacksonville. Fla, good
to go and return by one route. have been placed
on sale at the Union Depot at $50. This rate
will be given only until Nov. 10, but tickets sold
til June l. It is thought that after the 10th of
this month moro reasonable round-trip rate
will be made. and the tickets will be made good
to go by one route and return by another.
F. Broughton, general manager of the Chicago
& Atlantic road, will on the LIST Of December
retire and the understanding is that B. Thomas,
who on the first of this month took the superin-
tendency of the road, will be made general
manager. A S. Crane is to be continued in
charge OF the traffic department.. Mr. Thomas
stands very high in the estimation of the Erie
people, who now practically operate the G.. 81 A.
road.
An important meeting OF a committee com
prisine number of general passenger agents of
the Central Traffic Association, will be held to-
day at Columbus. The entire purpose of the
meeting it has been impossible to ascertain, but
the committee will take into consideration the
passenger situation as whole and formulate
certain recommendations to be- presented to the
association at its regular meeting In Chicago
next week.
A ninety ton engine built for road in Arizo
by the Baldwin locomotive works, is en- route
westward and will pass over the Belt road with
in a day two, and then go west over the !. &
ST. l.. The engine will be slow over the
bridges that the strain them should not be
greater than thew can hear. Running at the
speed oftwenty miles per hour an engine of such
weight, it is stated, would have a pressure on
the bridge of ITO tons more.
The directors of the Pennsylvania road, who
spent couple of weeks recently in inspecting
the Western lines, have reached home, and were
more than pleased with the condition of their
lines west of Pittsburg. and expressed them
selves to members of the Philadelphia press.
Especially were they favorably impressed with
the southwestern portion of their vast system of
roads and also with the volume of business they
were handling from day to day.
General Manager Henderson. of the Chicago
81 Ohio River road. is spending a couple of days
inspecting the property. Mr.. Henderson says
that while it is hard job to lift this road out of
the mire, the company owe anything.
The equipments of the road undergoing re-
pairs the l., B. & W. shops, and yesterday
two passenger coaches were turned out of the
shop which had been overhauled. The work
was very creditable to the mechanics in the l.,
B. & W. shops, both in the interior and exterior
finish.